63 corpses lie at the feet of WoW Classic Hardcore permadeath tournament winner as he claims $50,000 prize
This Halloween, dozens of corpses were scattered throughout a massive arena where 64 players dueled to the death in World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore's deadliest tournament: the OTK Network's Hardcore Mak'gora Event. The competition had WoW Classic players spend October leveling up new characters before battling each other to the death (permadeath, since this is a Hardcore server) for a cash prize of $50,000.
The only one left standing was Snutz, a Twitch streamer and Warlock player, who managed to defeat his rival Ziqo in the final Mak'Gora, the Orcish term for a duel of honor in Warcraft's universe. Both spellcasters leveled their characters from 1 to 60 without dying and bested opponents of all eight classes before entering the final battle in a graveyard of fallen players.
A couple weak blasts from Snutz' wand sent Ziqo to the afterlife, ending an almost four minute duel. Both players kept their distance while trying to drain the other of resources like healing and mana potions. In the end, Snutz' Warlock brought Ziqo to his knees using DoT spells and a deadly demon pet.
Snutz claimed the $50,000 first place award (as well as a custom Starforge PC) while another $50,000 was evenly distributed to the best players of each class. «I might have to [go to] BlizzCon,» Snutz said when asked about what he plans to do with the money. «Originally I wasn't planning on it but we'll see how we feel; I'm definitely going to need a break after this.»
Following his victory, Snutz dueled a player he was supposed to fight in the finals who couldn't make it to the tournament in time and won that too.
Three other competitors didn't survive what were supposed to be non-lethal qualifier duels on the day before the finals. One player
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